{"id":16659,"date":"2021-07-30T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/07\/30\/vp-bank-announces-organisational-updates-and-new-appointments-in-asia\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:30:00","slug":"vp-bank-announces-organisational-updates-and-new-appointments-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/07\/30\/vp-bank-announces-organisational-updates-and-new-appointments-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Bank Announces Organisational Updates and New Appointments in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 30 July 2021 -&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Leading international wealth manager and private bank, VP Bank Ltd, today&#13;<br \/>\nannounced several key changes within its Asia organisation. These appointments&#13;<br \/>\nfurther affirm the bank&#8217;s dedication towards Strategy 2026, to grow its client&#13;<br \/>\nrelations and enhancing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> <\/span><b>its&#13;<br \/>\ncompetitive edge to seize opportunities in the region. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>VP Wealth Management&#13;<br \/>\n(Hong Kong) Ltd<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Organisational Updates<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\nAfter a&#13;<br \/>\n15-year career with the bank, <b>Clare Lam<\/b> will be retiring from her role&#13;<br \/>\nas Chief Representative\/Head of Hong Kong on 30 September 2021. Clare will&#13;<br \/>\nassume the role of Senior Advisor, effective 1 October 2021 (subject to the&#13;<br \/>\nofficial appointment of the new Chief Representative\/Head of Hong Kong). We&#13;<br \/>\nthank Clare for her dedication and continued support for our Hong Kong office.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\nAs&#13;<br \/>\ntestament to the depth of VP Bank&#8217;s internal talents, <b>Reto Marx<\/b> will&#13;<br \/>\nmove from his current role as Head of Intermediaries and Private Banking&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore to assume the responsibility of Chief Representative\/Head of Hong&#13;<br \/>\nKong, effective 1 October 2021. Reto is a highly regarded financial&#13;<br \/>\nprofessional with strong experience in private banking, asset management and&#13;<br \/>\nintermediaries business. In his new role, Reto will relocate to Hong Kong and&#13;<br \/>\nreport to Chief Executive Officer Asia, Pamela Hsu Phua. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>VP Bank Ltd Singapore&#13;<br \/>\nBranch<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>New Appointment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Esther Fung<\/b> joins as a Senior Wealth Planning Specialist in the rank of an&#13;<br \/>\nExecutive Director, with immediate effect. Given her extensive experience&#13;<br \/>\nacross Singapore and Hong Kong, Esther will support the development and&#13;<br \/>\nbroadening of VP Bank&#8217;s wealth and succession planning solutions in Asia. She&#13;<br \/>\nbrings over two decades of experience serving ultra-high net worth individuals&#13;<br \/>\nand families providing sound advice and expertise to meet their wealth planning&#13;<br \/>\nand family office needs. Prior to joining VP Bank, Esther worked for DBS, Equity&#13;<br \/>\nTrust and BNP Paribas, and is a full member of the STEP organisation. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Organisational Updates<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Thomas Jost<\/b> will be leaving the bank from his role as Head of Intermediaries Singapore to pursue&#13;<br \/>\nother opportunities, with <b>Markus Wolf<\/b> stepping in to take over the role ad&#13;<br \/>\ninterim, effective 1 August 2021. Markus joined VP Bank&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore in 2019 and was supporting the firm&#8217;s strategic plans in Asia. He has&#13;<br \/>\nmore than 15 years of Asia private banking experience in strategy development&#13;<br \/>\nand business management. He will be reporting to the interim Head of Singapore,&#13;<br \/>\nThomas Rupf. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Luca Kast<\/b> will assume the newly created&#13;<br \/>\nrole of Business Manager Asia, reporting to Chief of Staff Asia, Heline Lam, effective&#13;<br \/>\n16 August 2021. Currently as&#13;<br \/>\nDeputy Head of Operations Singapore, Luca has been with VP Bank for 4 years and&#13;<br \/>\nin his new capacity, he will work closely with Heline to drive the strategic business&#13;<br \/>\ninitiatives for the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Karen Tan<\/b>, Head of Private Banking Singapore,<b> <\/b>will&#13;<br \/>\ncontinue to lead the Private Banking business, reporting to interim Head of&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore, Thomas Rupf. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through strengthening&#13;<br \/>\nour team in Asia, VP Bank continues to be in a solid position to accelerate our&#13;<br \/>\ngrowth in line with Strategy 2026. With Asia being a market of immense&#13;<br \/>\nopportunities for VP Bank, we look forward to achieving greater success within&#13;<br \/>\nthe region,&#8221; highlighted Pamela Hsu Phua, CEO Asia of VP Bank. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>VP Bank has geared its&#13;<br \/>\nStrategy 2026 towards becoming an international Open Wealth Service pioneer for&#13;<br \/>\nintermediaries and private clients. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-07-30\/88383\/vp-bank-announces-organisational-updates-and-new-appointments-in-asia\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 30 July 2021 -&#13; Leading international wealth manager and private bank, VP Bank Ltd, today&#13; announced several key changes within its Asia organisation. These appointments&#13; further affirm the bank&#8217;s dedication towards Strategy 2026, to grow its client&#13; relations and enhancing its&#13; competitive edge to seize opportunities in the region. &#13; &#13; \u00a0 &#13; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}